Lawrence County Firefighters were dispatched to a severe entrapment wreck where 2 life flight helicopters were dispatched.

 

 

"10/12/2024
Subject: Buffalo Road MVA

Shortly after 8:30 on the evening of October 11,2024 Lawrence County Fire Rescue units were dispatched to a report of a motor vehicle crash with one vehicle on fire and patients trapped in the vehicle on Buffalo Road near Valley Road.

First arriving units from Ethridge Fire Department arrived on scene and confirmed that two patients were heavily pinned inside one of the vehicles. The fire had been extinguished but both patients were triaged as critical.

The incident commander quickly recognized the severity of the entrapment and requested additional resources to the scene. While our personnel worked to extricate the patients from the vehicle two air medical helicopters were summoned to the scene.

Once patient access was made personnel from Lawrence County EMS provided treatment to the patients. After the extrication was complete both patients were transported by air medical helicopters to Level 1 Trauma Centers for continuation of treatment. Units from Lawrenceburg Fire Department also responded to the scene as part of a mutual aid request. The crash is being investigated by the Tennessee Highway Patrol."